Brand new to coding, always found it very fascinating in TV shows or movies about coding when they speak but never looked into it. Now that I'm a bit older, I want to dive into it as a hobby. This would only be for recreational right now, maybe spend an hour or so at night for fun on learning over time.
Few questions to start..

What would the most beginner friend language be to start learning? I've been reading and it's between Python and Java apparently if you have zero coding experience, which is me.
Is there any courses I can take (paid or free) that can get me off the ground and into this?

Not really sure what my end goal with this is, but I think just to learn and get into it basically to start.

yeah python is good, here's a playlist by thenewboston, one of my fav tutorial makers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBxCHonP6Ro&list=PL6gx4Cwl9DGAcbMi1sH6oAMk4JHw91mC_&ab_channel=thenewboston

edit: since you're doing it for a hobby, that's good. afterwards, once you learn how to code, even a tiny bit, you can start turning your ideas (which the world is your oyster here) into a functional program. that's when you really start to experience the beauty of programming

This post was edited by ChocolateCoveredGummyBears on Sep 19 2023 08:03pm

automate the boring stuff by al sweigart is great and goes on sale all the time. (online book for python)

i personally would start with python

This post was edited by Candyzcanes on Sep 20 2023 07:01pm

Is this something that is beginner beginner? I have ZERO coding language background and want to do it as a hobby and eventually get better with it over the years.

yup, you can start from nothing with that one

excellent, will check it out ! thanks

Will check that out too i am a beginner too and started with JavaScript.

Update us on Topic how the start is going and what you deceided to do for the start ?

Lots of free beginner courses on codeacademy for Python/Java/JavaScript/html&css

how's it going OP?

For a first language learn C or C# or Java